Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-19
CITY AND DISTRICT.
HER HOUSE HER CASTLE.
now q woman Defended Her Kitchen
From Invasion by a Policeman.

sunday evening, the 10th inst, Officer John C..
DAILY visited the place of Prank Mueller, who keeps
a saloon on 9 street, between 5th and 9Th streets
HortoWest, and in attempting to obtain evidence
asainst the proprietor he called at the side gate.
MIS-. mueller. who was In the kitchen, getting sup
per ready, went to the gate with kitchen knife In
ner hand- The officer was In citizens dress He
claims that he exhibited his badge, and stated
VINO ne was, but this Mrs. Mueller did not remem-
Der. He attempted to force his way into the prem
!ses ana MIS-. Mueller resisted. During the scufie
'nat IonoWed the of1cer's hand was slightly cut
Win MRS. Mueller's kitchen knife. She called for
nelp, and one OF her boarders came to her assist
ance. The propr1etor's wife and the boarder were
arrested Tor assault. Mr. Oscar Nauck appeared
~ the PoIce Court as interpreter for the prosecu
Mo1s ana the defendants were represented by
Ne kckstein beings sS t aaa intsr T a
disposing Of the case the court said:
n am tn not going to hold the defendant and It is
20 1nto citizens house, under law, he ought to
make known his errand; and If he goes there as q
Sag Of to go H. having
De trespasser prima facie, unless he went in
with the permission OF the citizen. 1 think here
parties. The testimony is Of such a character~
squarely confictang-and yet the testimony OF the
ueienaants Is 50 conflicting and 80 1nharmonious
Tempt to construct defense here. The defend
ant says that the man had one foot in the kitchen
ana Inc other out; the other witness represented
~ 10 De substantially In the yard; the woman and
the young man say that he was three or four feet
Id the Kitchen. But here Is the point, and the
only point In the CASE that the parttes-this
W0man-SuppOsed him to be stranger unlaw-
luiiy attempting to getinto her premises II she
QUO, ana she appears to me very much as II she
was honest in the NATTER she would be in the
n ngg Sne was there getting her supper:
NOW, This instead OF being an element OF
strength to the prosecution is an element OF
t she was preparing supper-cutting
aer bread or cake and she was directed to the
door Dy the noise OF the child, or whatever noise
was tnere, with the implements OF her occupation
ABOUT her, and struck a blow. Now, If anybody
goG nor-n the officer got hurt in that conflict
anu tne woman supposed he was some man trying
10 Iorce his way into the house, the woman would
not be to blame. Now, officers generally are re-
spectacle people, and this officer also appears SO.
me oHlcer swears that he went there and showed
ms Dadge, and the parties knew he was an officer
There are three, at least, or four witnesses that
swear the other way. cannot say butthat these
DEFENDANTS are just as respectable; they appear
SO 10 me. They Swear-and they swear to such a
state or facts that the woman might quite hon.
estly have supposed that somebody was trying to
get Into her premises. She did not do any more
than she would have right to do IL that was the
case. am going to dismiss"
"BOth caseS?" inquired Mr. Gloss
eyes, i" answered the court.
u suppose we can get Our kitchen knife back?"
said Mr.. Classic.
"Here Is the knife" said Mr. Lavender